Friday May 29, 2009. We are staged to leave at 3 or 4 or 5 (who knows) in the morning as this crossing is very long. The Gulf Stream crossing was a breeze, thanks to Mark's careful planning. I apologize as I have been remiss in writing here. I also apologize to those people in NH we didn't get to see. We had time to see family and then I spent several days wiped out, and then there was the yard and house and on it goes. Hopefully I will have more time to enjoy people when we return. We are having a wonderful time. Finally we have time to snorkel and relax and we even caught a NICE FISH. I am spending lots of time quilting and doing Sudoku, but I still struggle with reading for any extended time. I am looking forward to Dottie and Larry joining us, probably a week from today and then David and Lisa will join us on June 25th for the run to Bocas. I am excited about the gardening and the house. I have to find a way to keep the finca's goats out of the plants and garden. Also, it will be mango season when we arrive. Hopefully Currie will come down in July as she loves them. Lucas ran a half Marathon, I am impressed, I can't imagine 11 miles. Shari's graduation was great and she has Kira back. We saw Kim and Zac while in NH, they are moving again. All are doing well. The strangest visit started with a call to Currie as I hadn't heard from her in a while and she tells me that she and Dan were in Miami. Long story short, she and Dan and his sister, Meg and her husband Micheal came down to the harbor and we had a great afternoon people and boat watching and hanging out. I just couldn't believe we ended up in Miami at the same time. It was amazing. I Find sailing much more comfortable now and the only time I was at all frightened was when Mark jumped overboard in the middle to the Gulf of Mexico to cut a crab trap free from the prop. I know so much more about the boat and sailing I can't believe it. This is worth doing, worth all the five years of planning and whatever your dream, you should live it, even for a while, it is worth everything. I promise to write more blogs for everyone, especially our Sea Orphans. And yes Lucas, Mark does wear a sarong, it is much cooler and more comfortable. So does that make him Samoan Mark? Love to all.